Charles Gaudelet
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Charles Gaudelet was a French master-glass
-maker from Lille
. He worked exclusively with the painters Victor Mottez
and occasionally with Bruno Chérier. The cartoons from his studio were acquired by the musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille in 1870 at the instigation of the painter and collector Camille Benoît.
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
-maker from Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
. He worked exclusively with the painters Victor Mottez
Victor Mottez
Victor-Louis Mottez was a French fresco painter, painter and portraitist.-Life:He was born in Lille. His father was passionate about art and was himself a painter. Sent to Paris with a pension for some years, Victor was recalled due to the poor state of his father's finances and his studies were...
and occasionally with Bruno Chérier. The cartoons from his studio were acquired by the musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille in 1870 at the instigation of the painter and collector Camille Benoît.